Ladder or perch.



.No- 806,59-'7. v PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905 R. J. STOKER a; s. HUBBELL.

LADDER 0R PERCE- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1906.

J lr'nventors.

Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT onnron,

ROBERT J STOKER, OF'YORK, AND SENECA HUBBELL, on BRADSHAW, TNEBRASKA. l

LADDER OR PERCH..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed June 23, 1905- Serial No. 267,435.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ROBERT J. STOKER, residing at York, and SENECAHUBBELL, residing at Bradshaw, in the county of York and State ofNebraska, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and usefulLadder or Perch, of which the following is a specification.

A further object of thisinvention is to provide a new and improvedtightening device for the cable and means for fastening the cable in atightened position.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawing, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made withinthescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

The drawing represents a perspective view of our improved structuremounted in an 0blique position and as so mounted adapted for use as aladder, a drier, or a perch for fowls.

In its preferred embodiment this invention comprises a plurality ofcables 1, which may be rope, twisted wire,.plain wire, chain, or otherapproved cable.

used in any. approved manner, as by means of the hooks 2, engaging withloops 3, formed in the ends of the cables. For securing the lower endsof the cables a roller 4 or other .form of winding-drum is mounted torotate The cable 1 is secured to any stationary abutment where it is tobe in any approved manner, as in the rings 5, se-

cured to an abutmentG by means of the arms 7. The cable is secured tothe roller in any approved manner, as by the rivets 8, and awinding-lever 9 is employed for winding the cable about'the roller.Cross-bars 10 are pro- Vided extending between the cables and areroller.

secured to the cables by being disposed within an offset portion 11 ofthe cables and by having a link 12 embracing their opposite sides andengaging with the cables upon each side of the offset. To preventaccidental displacement of the bars 10 when the cables 1 are loose,staples 13 may be driven into the bars and across and embracing thecables; but it will be understood that such staples are not necessarywhen the-structure is in use, as the strain of the cables will firmlyclamp the bars between the cables and the link,and the greater thestrain placed upon the bars and the cable the more firmly will the barsbe clamped. When the bars have been secured to the cable, the roller 1is rotated and the cables drawn taut, after which the free ends 14 ofthe cables are secured in any approved manner, as by engagement withpins 15, rigidly secured to the lower abutment.

While we have shown here the lower ends of the cables formed of chains16, connected with the cables 1 by means of a loop 17, it is obviousthat the cables 1 may be extended to and about the roller 4 or thechains 16 may be extended throughout the length of the structure andreplace the cables 1 and engage with the cross-bars 10.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawing,the use, operation, and advantages of the structure de-.

scribed will be fully and clearly understood. 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is I 1. A device0f.the class described comprising a rung, a cable secured to the rungand provided at one end with means for perma-' nent attachment, armsprovided at one end with means, for permanent attachment and withrings-at the opposite ends, a roller rotatably mounted in the rings andwith the free-end of the cable wound about and secured thereto, means torotate the roller and means to prevent a backward movement of the 2.. Adevice of the class described comprising a rung, a cable provided atoneend with means for permanent attachment and having an offset embracingthe rung, a link disposed opposite to and engaging thecable upon eachside of the offset, arms provided at one end with means for permanentattachment and with rings at the opposite ends, a roller rotatablymounted .in the rings and with the free end of the cable wound about andsecure thereto, means to rotate the roller and means carried by thecable to prevent a backward rotation of the roller.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoafiixed our signatures 1n the presence of two-witnesses.

ROBERT J. STOKER. SENECA HUBBELL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES O. STEWART, W. C. MUIRHEAD.

